Originally posted by THX
You guys with European imports find that it costs more to maintain/repair? An acquaintance of mine has a BMW and said it cost him $500 to get a new Xeon bulb replaced at the dealership. :nut:
Also remember the G35 is 2-door but is a 4-seater. I just hope you and your friends aren\'t giants.
I\'m Nissan biased but I\'d choose that sexy little Mercedes K over everything here.
Why can\'t your buddy replace his own bulb? I don\'t know too many people of any type of car who go to a dealership to replace a light bulb.
And yes they are outrageously expensive. There was one thing I saw on another forum that they wanted 1700 bucks in labor to switch out the AC controls from Manual to the Computerized controls. Apparently in Canada they have manual controls on some cars while in america it\'s standard to be fully automatic climate control.
Anyway, the guy ended it up figuring it out and doing it himself in about a half an hour.
I was in the dealership the other day and a lady was having her belts changed, brake pads, and wipers and I think they got 500 bucks out of her. You know how easy it is to change that stuff yourself? heh.